The Wasp — 1895 — page 328: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **title/masthead page** for The Wasp, a San Francisco-based satirical weekly established in 1876. The decorative header features a large wasp illustration and claims to be "the oldest cartoon paper in America" with the "largest circulation" on the Pacific Coast. The page contains **subscription and publication information** rather than substantive political cartoons. The right column includes brief satirical commentary on miscellaneous topics—references to Shakespeare, a Waldorf Hotel suicide, the Prince of Wales, and observations about women and judges—but these are brief quips without clear political targeting. The content appears to be **filler material** establishing The Wasp's credentials and circulation reach rather than focused political satire on specific 1895 events or figures.